Avoid Missing Fonts Dialog on doc opening

Hi everybody,
I need to avoid the showing of dialog listing the missing fonts during the opening of a document.
I would like to do the same with the missing/modified image dialog.
Take present the document is opened by another plugin so I can't instruct InDesign to not to show such dialogs.
What could be a way to achieve that? Any hints will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
Best regards,
Luca Severini

Hi, You can try: InterfacePtr<ICommand> showMFCmd(CmdUtils::CreateCommand(kShowMissingFontsCmdBoss)); InterfacePtr<IWorkspace> workspace(gSession->QueryWorkspace()); InterfacePtr<IUIDData> uidData(showMFCmd, IID_IUIDDATA); uidData->Set(workspace); InterfacePtr<IBoolData> boolData(showMFCmd, IID_IBOOLDATA); boolData->Set(bEnable); CmdUtils::ProcessCommand(showMFCmd); This works with the font warning dialog. For the other cases i use kSuppressUI when available.

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Missing Fonts Loader Plug-in for Adobe InDesign CS4
The plug-in for Adobe InDesign CS4 is available on the Proxima Software Web site. This plug-in can automatically
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Missing Fonts Loader Plug In
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Description Automatic Activation of Missing Fonts
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FontExpert 2009 version 10.0.
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Automatic Activation
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In the picture below, the Missing Fonts Loader window shows an empty list of missing fonts for the current
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Missing Fonts Loader Plug-In for Adobe InDesign CS4
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